I nursed her to the end, and closed her eyes.

The last word she uttered was her Saviour's name.

She died, as she had lived, trusting in the Lord; and when I laid her dear head in the grave my heart seemed to die within me.
I'm getting to be an old man now, but, through the blessing of God, I am comfortable and happy.

As I have more than enough of this world's goods, and no family to care for, my chief occupation is to look after the poor, and particularly the old women who live in my neighbourhood.
After the work of the day is done, I generally go and spend the evening with Tom Lokins, who lives near by, and is stout and hearty still; or he comes and spends it with me, and, while we smoke our pipes together, we often fall to talking about those stirring days when, in the strength and hope of youth, we sailed together to the South Seas, and took to--_Fighting the Whales_.
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